Synchronization

[daenterpri]

I notice when making decals in the Edge 2, that the second pass is always off by a pixel or two. For instance, if I was putting one color directly on top of another, the second color would probably end up to the right by a pixel or so even though in Composer they are directly on top of each other.

Is there a way to calibrate or fix that?

Thanks!

Andy

 

[Fred Weiss]

You will always get a variation in color to color registration which is the result of a design flaw in the way the Edge feeds foils and the different lengths of foil remaining on each color of foil. There is a utility in Omega 3 and Omega 4 that allows you to adjust it but it's better handled in most designs by either printing in CMYK instead of spot colors, using the overprint feature, or by using the choke and spread feature to compensate for tolerance issues.

 

[Tony Teveris]

View the video on Color Registration here:

http://www.gspinc.com/default.asp?contentID=316

 

[daenterpri]

Hey Tony,

Is there a RegFixer for 2.6.1? I'm on a job right now where that seems like the best way to fix the issue.

 

[Fred Weiss]

Hey Tony,

Is there a RegFixer for 2.6.1? I'm on a job right now where that seems like the best way to fix the issue.

As mentioned in my previous reply (post #2), that utility was introduced in Omega 3.

 

[daenterpri]

Do you know what it takes to upgrade from 2.6.1 to 3.0?

Thanks,

Andy

 

[Fred Weiss]

Do you know what it takes to upgrade from 2.6.1 to 3.0?

Thanks,

Andy

I think you will need to go all the way to version 4. Gerber does not provide upgrades from one out of date version to another out of date version. You would have to check with your Gerber distributor for the policy on that and the actual cost.